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Date: ca 1925

From: East, Pamela: Photographs of groups visiting the Canterbury outback, family portraits, and Maori

Reference: PAColl-6917-2

Description: The people in these photographs look like tourist groups who have just got out of a bus. They are photographed aginst scenic backdrops of forest covered hills, river valleys and mountains; they are showen picnicing in similar locations; some of the locations are identifiable and include Otira, Otira Gorge and Tunnel, Arthurs Pass, and the gravel reaches of the upper Waimakariri River. Some of the images show groups of people associated with corrugated iron huts. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Reference: MapColl-834.47a/[nd//Acc.618

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Part coloured, 34 x 34 cm. Scale 1:253 440

Date: Circa 1900s

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-f-003

Description: Album of black & white photographs taken during the early 1900s, showing geological formations in New Zealand. They include images of the Banks Peninsula, Sumner, Heathcote-Avon Estuary, Lyttelton Harbour, and the Halswell River, in several sequences in the album; flooding of the Koputaroa Stream at Levin, on 4 December 1906; Lake Horowhenua; Paekakariki Coast; the Wairarapa, including Orongorongo Valley, Wharekauhau Stream, Wainuiomata, Palliser Bay, Mukamuka Valley, Eglinton's Hut; Tongariro National Park area, including Waiouru (in which the stables of Crowther & McCauley coach services are visible), the source of the Waikato River at the gorge and waterfall of the Mangatoetoenui Stream; Mount Ruapehu, crater lake, the Waihohonu Hut, Te Heuheu Peak, Flounder Glacier and Waikato Glacier; Mount Ngauruhoe, slopes and craters and the source of the Ohinepango Stream; Mount Tongariro, Ketetahi Springs and Ketetahi Hut, craters and crater lakes including the Red crater, and Blue and Green Lakes

Date: 1980-1992

From: Zemanek, Norman Herbert Emanuel, 1909-2001 : Photographic prints

Reference: PAColl-10415-6

Description: Photographs of the upper half of the South Island, taken between 1980 and 1992 by Norm Zemanek. Comprises a range of subjects taken around the east coast as far as Riccarton and around the West Coast to Fox Glacier. The photographs mainly consist of landscapes, natural features, and scenic views. Some buildings and boats are included. Among the subjects are: the hulk of the Janie Seddon on Motueka Beach, Wairau River in flood, Conway River Bridge, the forest outside Hanmer Springs, Westport fishing boats, Punakaiki Beach, derelict sawmill machinery at Kumara, Castle Rocks at Arthur's Pass, Mt Rolleston, Franz Joseph Glacier, Fox Glacier, Waimakariri River, kayaks on the Avon River, the Basilica in Christchurch, a Riccarton Church. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1978. 1985

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8546

Description: South Island trip of February 1978 includes - Okarito Lagoon. Hokitika Gorge. Margaret's Tarn, Arthurs Pass. Upper bealey River and Mount Rolleston. Waimakariri River and Turkey Flat. Lake Brunner. South Island trip of 1985 begins with unidentified mountains and river torrents. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1906-1907, and [1940s-1960s?]

Reference: PA1-o-029

Description: Photographs taken on a trip to New Zealand by Dr Freda Bage, 1906-1907; includes several photographs taken by unknown photographers at later dates, most of new Zealand, but one of Rotten Row in London, and one of the Victoria Dock in Sydney. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black hard cover, cream binding tape spine, 230 x 300 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-0115. Transfer information - MS-0115.

Date: ca 1925

From: East, Pamela: Photographs of groups visiting the Canterbury outback, family portraits, and Maori

Reference: PAColl-6917-1

Description: The people in these photographs look like tourist groups who have just got out of a bus. They are photographed aginst scenic backdrops of forest covered hills, river valleys and mountains; they are showen picnicing in similar locations; some of the locations are identifiable and include Otira, Otira Gorge and Tunnel, Arthurs Pass, and the gravel reaches of the upper Waimakariri River. Some of the images show groups of people associated with corrugated iron huts. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca1950

From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints

Reference: PAColl-6180-02

Description: Scenic, pastoral and landscape views of locations mainly in Canterbury, Westland and Central Otago. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [190-?]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

Reference: PAColl-0959-02

Description: Scenic photographs of Castle Hill, taken ca 1900s by unidentified photographer/s Includes views of rock formations, most of which have one or more people to show the scale of huge boulders with the effects of weathering, including a huge channel cut by a stream flowing through a cliff. Others show a group of four men with laden bicycles; a group of men and women in a large horse-drawn coach with the boulder-strewn hill behind; the Waimakariri River; and a farm building in an area of tussock. Quantity: 83 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: December 1940

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographs of family, holidays and tramping trips

Reference: PA1-o-1311

Description: John and Dorothy Pascoe's alpine honeymoon in the mountains at the head of the Waimakariri River. They climbed Mounts Isobel, Campbell, Murchison, Mottram, and Stewart, then followed the Taipo river to the West Coast. The last group of photographs in the album relate to the Dillon family who lived in the Taipo River valley. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1880s

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019613-F

Description: Mail coach stuck in the Waimakariri River. Shows the horse drawn vehicle in the centre of the image, with rocks and shingle on the surrounding river bank. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1860 - 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-140

Description: Shows cross sectional/panoramic view of mountain ranges from Summit of Mt Palmer (far left) to Mt Torlesse (far right). Named features: Summit of Mt Palmer, River Rakaia, Woolshed Hill, River Wilberforce, Peak Hill, Lake Coleridge Island, Carriage Road Hill, Round Hill, River Ryton, Sugar Loaf, Craigie (Craigieburn) Range, Castle Hill, River Porter, Mt Torlesse.. Cross bearings and additional text under drawing. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink, 145 x 800 mm

Date: 1875

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-0643-1/4-F

Description: Cobb and Co's coach crossing the Waimakariri River in flood. Engraving made from a drawing by Thomas Samuel Cousins for "The Illustrated New Zealand Herald" of 1875 From the caption in Making New Zealand: "The ferry man with a lifebelt is showing the way, as the fords shift in every flood...the river at the spot referred to consists of a number of steams, which in bad weather are sometimes quite impassable" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1865 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-029

Description: Shows river flats, with bush-covered slope descending to riverbed at right, and bare mountains in the distance. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 186 x 270 mm.

Date: 1927

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1691-1/2-G

Description: View looking down on the Waimakariri River from Kowai Bush, near Springfield. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1926. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under 97. Waimakariri River. (2) Springfield. 1927. Kowai Bush.) For another view of the river see APG-1685-1/2. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [190-]

Reference: PAColl-8603

Description: Photograph of two men resting against a protective groyne in the stony bed of the Waimakariri River, with mountains in the background, photographed in the 1900s by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 21.7 cm

Date: 1865 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-028

Description: Shows stony river flat, with a stand of trees in right foreground, and grey bare misty mountain slopes behind. Stuck on same page as E-501-f-027. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 117 x 152 mm.

Date: 1860 - 1866

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: C-097-142

Description: Shows a cross sectional/panoramic view of mountains from Summit of Mt Torlesse (on left) to Summit of Mt White (on right). Named features are: Mt Torlesse, Broken River, Single Tree Hill, Blackwater Creek, River Waimakariri, Lake letitia, Summit of Mt White. Compass bearings and additional text beneath section. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Title Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink, 100 x 493 mm

Date: 1927

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1685-1/2-G

Description: View looking down on the Waimakariri River from Kowai Bush, near Springfield. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1926. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under 97. Waimakariri River. (2) Springfield. 1927. Kowai Bush.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849

Reference: E-334-086

Description: Shows a map of the coastline with the following labelled rivers emptying into the sea: Hurunui, Te Kawa, Waipara, Te Kohai (two branches), Akaaka, Rakahuri, Kaiapoi, Kawari, Korotuaheka, W[ai]makariri, Puhererekanui, Otaroro [the Avon River, fed by] Wairarapa, Waimaru, Rakipawa. The Estuary is described as Opawa. Also shows Waiau, Motunau Island, Port Cooper, Port Levy (spelt Levi) and Pigeon Bay. A track is marked along the beach from Hurunui River mouth to Te Kawa, with short sea voyages noting approximate mileage to Waipara, Kaiapoi, with the pa indicated, Waimakariri, the Estuary, and Port Cooper. The position of Deans' settlement at Riccarton is also noted Likely to have been compiled from information from Maori accompanying Mantell in his travels Other Titles - 30th October Inscriptions: Recto - centre right - Oct. 30 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 120 x 200 mm